Places Case Studies Flashcards
Manchester - Cottonpolis - Resources/Industry
UK’s secondary industry sector
Decline deindustrialisation and introduction of globalisation made it cheaper to import from Eastern countries
Rebranded as Salford quays - shopping centre, cultural facilities, office around and accomadation (Cluster) +BBC HQ and mediacity
“Mediacity UK” is the rebranding of Salford quays
NZ Shooting - perceptions
Mosque shot up in Christchurch
The attacks killed 51 people and injured 49
New Zealand was voted one of the top 10 safest countries in the world prior to event
People perceptions change on this area which would lead to negative multiplier effect due to tourism decreasing plus a spiral of decline
Wrexham is a clone town
60% of stores are chain stores
Clone town - lots of chain stores
Chester - studentification
Bars and takeaways on every corner High house prices Pollution Litter Congestion Anti-social behaviour Graffiti
Ebbw vale - Steel Works
Welsh town
Deindustrialisation - unemployment
40% of people were left unemployed
People left the area
Scar on land from wear factories use to be
£350 million investment to protect wetlands from the EU to attract tourism
Redcar - Steel Works
Closed due to Chinese steel imports, 1980s recession + economic factors
2400 workers lost jobs immediately with SSI liquidation
Wthin 6 months of liquidation 9% of businesses went bust in redcar
Council was owed £11 million from businesses in local area
Workers couldn’t find new jobs easily
Rebranding - area made to look more attractive
Government invested £11 million making the place more tourism friendly building over the deindustrialised land
Albert docks - regeneration
Use to be a port and because of deprivation and Toxteth riots Liverpool was portrayed badly by the media. In response they regenerated with Liverpool one Museums on the docks 2008 was made capital of culture
Cheshire Science Corridor - LEPS
Local enterprise partnership
Good infrastructure + good links with uni of chester and john moores
11 companies including urenco
Businesses offered tax relief that would save them £50 million per year
Corridor receives £10 million annually from the government
Cheshire Oaks Out of town shopping
Death of the high street on Whitby Road
Created 1000s of jobs
Has had socio-economic benefits
Also brought the EPSV
Bethnal Green - Gentrification
Was industrial area with high amounts of working class white English until about the year 2000
Deindustrialised and demographics of area changed significantly
More rich
Lots of different ethnicities
Drug problem in the area currently
Cause tension amongst locals and newcomers
House prices increased
Services cater for high-income (cereal killer café)
Makes it harder for original locals to live there
Lots of locals feel they’ve lost the community
Almost all independent shops in area have been replaced by chain stores
Toys R us - Online shopping
Due to online shopping e.g amazon they had to close multiple stores eventually leading to bankruptcy
Silicon roundabout (tech city) - government support
Government injected money into the area
15,00 new buisnesses 2006-2008
Big foreign investors like Facebook, youtube and google have invested into the cluster
Lost a lot of interest when Government invested
Predicted to die soon
London 2012 Olympics - reimaging through sport
9000 new homes in total
6,000 new community sports clubs.
The Department of Education provided GBP 65 million to encourage efforts by physical education teachers
Transport for London invested GBP 6.5 billion in transport infrastructure in preparation for the 2012 Games.
Leeds festival - rural rebranding through events
Brings more people to the area, people know it for music and use its services
Cereal killer café - gentrification
Conflict due to gentrification
£4 for a bowl of cereal in an area that is deprived
